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ending up at $16 million plus in their budget . Now from <br /> a. . . I don' t know what they' re gonna do now. How are they <br /> going to adjust their budget? I mean, obviously they' re <br /> gonna have to have some sort of ordinance to make up this <br /> difference of , you know, $9 million dollars or so. I mean, <br /> how are they going to spend it all? Do they squirrel it <br /> away? Or , who makes that decision? Would it be the <br /> administration first submitting this . . . the use of the funds , <br /> allocation? Would it be council ' s prerogative? I don' t <br /> know. <br /> BETHEA: Uh-huh. But why I was approaching the problem <br /> from the other end , was that as long as the state <br /> Legislature is granting the counties money, it ' s almost <br /> futile to do a lot of planning before you know what you' re <br /> gonna get. And here we are, ended up better in this County <br /> than we thought we were going to. And Maui ended up a lot <br /> better than it had any reason to believe. Well that ' s . . . <br /> considering that they have both Ways and Means and House <br /> Finance. . . <br /> MIZUNO: That helps . <br /> BETHEA: . . .maybe they' re (inaudible) anticipate that , <br /> but I 'm just suggesting that maybe we should wait . But what <br /> is the magic about having a June 30th fiscal year? Could we <br /> postpone the fiscal year and it would give everybody more of <br /> a chance to come up with a more realistic budget considering <br /> they now know what has been available from the Legislature? <br /> GREENWELL: Jim, I don' t think you' re gonna have much <br /> of a problem in using the money up because it ' s probably <br /> already been designated for specific items , isn' t it? By <br /> the time the Legislature determines what that extra money is <br /> gonna be for. So it ' s really not going to change the County <br /> (inaudible) . <br /> MIZUNO: No, the grants-in-aid are to be determined . . . <br /> the use of it is determined by each individual county, not <br /> by the Legislature. <br /> GREENWELL: Oh, it ' s just open? <br /> MIZUNO: Oh, yes sir. <br /> GREENWELL: Oh. I 'm sure we can find a way, can' t we? <br /> BETHEA: No, but you see, you (inaudible) . My point is <br /> you get a different situation. This County came up a little <br /> bit short. A million three or something is what they <br /> wanted. Maui county came $9 million over. So somebody has <br /> to take action to either increase Maui ' s expenditures or <br /> squirrel it away or reduce property taxes. As long as the <br /> 265 <br />